Remote Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Description:

• HighLevel is an AI-powered, all-in-one white-label sales and marketing platform that supports over 2 million businesses globally.
• The platform processes over 15 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events daily.
• HighLevel manages over 470 terabytes of data across five databases and operates with a network of over 250 microservices.
• The Staff Software Engineer - Backend role focuses on evolving the real-time messaging platform, improving core delivery, retry, and storage systems.
• Responsibilities include writing clean, observable, and testable backend code, architecting and scaling backend systems, and leading re-architecture efforts.
• The position requires collaboration with platform and SRE teams to ensure autoscaling, fault tolerance, and production readiness.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in backend engineering with proven experience in scaling systems with massive throughput.
• Deep expertise in databases such as Firestore, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and ClickHouse is required.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GCP (or AWS), and event-driven infrastructure is necessary.
• A clear understanding of distributed systems principles, including CAP tradeoffs, consistency, rate limiting, retries, and idempotency, is essential.
• Strong API and system boundary design skills in microservices ecosystems are required.
• Candidates must possess crisp communication skills for technical leadership without posturing.

Benefits:

• HighLevel promotes a global, remote-first work environment with over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries.
• The company values diversity and is committed to inclusive hiring and promotion practices.
• Employees are encouraged to be their true selves and are welcomed for their differences.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.